Washing-machine.



S. J. HARDING.

WASHING- MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED JAN. 22, 1916.

Patented July 11, 1916.

SIMON J. HARDING, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 22, 1916. Serial No. 73,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it "known that I, SIMON J. HARDING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inWashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing ma-' chines, and it has particularreference to machines of that type in which a frame adapted to bemounted in position for operation on an ordinary wash tub is utilized tosupport a rubbing board, a vibratory frame carrying a roller thatcooperates with the rubbing board, and a pump or plunger which derivesmotion from the vibratory frame, said pump being utilized to projectwater on the clothes or fabric that is being subjected to the conjointaction of the rubbing board and'the roller.

One object of the present invention is to produce a shield or deflectorwhereby the stream of water projected by the pump will be prevented fromsplashing on the floor or over the sides of the device, said shield ordeflector being hingedly supported and vibrated by the action of thevibratory frame so that when said frame carrying the roller is projectedforwardly out of engagement with the rubbing board the shield or deflector will be moved out of the path thereof.

A further object of the invention is to utilize the hingedly supportedshield or deflector as a supporting means for a distributing box orreceptacle whereby soap in powder form may be applied to the fabric thatis being washed.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the.general construction and arrangement of parts constituting the improveddevice.

lVith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a device constructed inaccordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verticalsectional view taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectionaldetail view showing the shield or deflector raised. Flg. 4 is a detailview in side elevation, showing the upper extremities of the uprights ofthe main frame and showing also the upper portion of the rocking frameconnected therewith.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

The frame of the improved machine is adapted to be supported on anordinary wash tub, and said frame includes side members 15 and frontandrear members 16, 17. The front member 16 supports a pump barrel 18which may be of rectangular cross section, said barrel being provided atits upper end with a closure 19 through which operates the stem 20 of apiston or plunger 21. From the upper end of the barrel 18 a spout whichmay consist simply of a slot 22 extends through the front member 16. Anarrow shelf 22 is arranged below the spout or slot 22. In operation,the lower end of the pump barrel extends within the tub, and waterraised by the plunger will be projected through the spout 22 in aforward direction.

The side members 15 of the frame support the rubbing board 23, and saidside members are provided with uprights 24 connected together at theirupper ends by a cap piece 25. The uprights 24 are provided with slots 26for the reception of trunnions 27 at the ends of the top cross piece 28of a rocking frame,.the side members of which, 29, afford bearings forthe journals of a roller 30 which is preferably corrugated, as shown,and which is adapted to cooperate with the rubbing board 23. Springs 31are arranged to force the roller carrying frame resiliently in thedirection of the rubbing board, said springs permitting the rollercarrying Patented July 11, 1916.

frame to rise so as to accommodate light or i heavy material. The rollercarrying frame ulated, and the side members 15,, of the frame areprovided with stops 33 to limit the rock ing movement ofthe frame in arearward direction. The parts are so proportioned that the rockingroller carrying frame may be swung in a fdrward direction clear of therubbing board so that the operator may readily reach in front of saidrubbing board into the tub for the purpose of adjusting the fabrics thatare to be washed upon the rubbin board.

ingedly connected with the top edge of the front member 16'of the frameis a shield 34: which may be partly supported on the top edges of theside members 15. The top cross bar 28 of the rocking frame has aforwardly extending arm 35 which is initially utilized for the-purposeof actuating the plunger of the pump, said arm being bifurcated at itsforward end to form prongs 36, each of which isprovided with ahorizontal. slot 37. The plunger stem 20 extends upwardly between theprongs 36, and said stem is provided with a cross piece 38 havingrollers 39 that engage the slots 37 Thus, the plunger will be actuatedby the rocking movement of p the roller carrying frame. .The shield 34is connected with the arm by a flexible element, such as a chain 40. Theflexible element 40 is so proportioned that when the roller 30 carriedby the rocking frame is at V the rearward limit of its movement, thesaid flexible element will be slack, as seen in Fig. 2, thus permittingthe frame carrying the rubbing rollerto be rocked within certain limitswith the roller in engagement with the board 23 without tensioning thechain or affecting the position of the shield 34:. It is only whentheroller is moved in a forward direction beyonda' certain limit thatthe flexible element becomes tensioned and the shieldlifted thereby, asseen in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thus, when the roller carrying frame isrocked in a forwarddirection, the shield will be lifted or swung aboutits hinges into the position seen in Fig. 3'. f

Supported on the underside of the shield 34; is a box or receptacle41having sifting apertures 42in the side wall thereof that faces thefront member 16 of the frame and which,-when the shield is raised, ispresented in a downwardly inclined direction. The box ll is utilizedlasa receptacle for soap powder which,: when the shield is-lifted, willbe sprinkled through the apertures 42 upon the shelf'22 from which, bythe stream of water coming through the slot or spout 22, it will bedistributed on the garments or fabric that beingmovedfrom the bottom ofthe tub and upon the ru'bbingiboard, the soap powder being thussprinkled upon that part of the garments which due to be'next operatedupon between the rubbing board and the roller. Owing, however, to thefact that the shield is not actuated until the roller approaches theforward limit of its movement, there will beno needless use or waste ofthe soap powder contained in the receptacle associated with the shield.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawinghereto annexed, it will be seen that I have produced a very simple andimproved washing machine or device by the use of which a stream of watermay be projected on the garments that are being washed, soap powderbeing also delivered upon the garments and a shield being providedwhereby splashing is prevented, said shield being hinged so that it willbe moved out of the path of the rocking roller carrying frame.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a device of the class described, a frame having side members andfront and rear members, arubbing board extending between the sidemembers, a pump depending from the front member and having a spoutwhereby water is directed toward the rub bing board, a pump plunger,arocking frame connected with the pump plunger to actuate the same andhaving a roller to engage the rubbing board, a shield hinged to thefront member of the frame, and aflexible connection between the shieldand the rocking frame, said flexible connection having suflicient slackto enable therocking frame to be. operated within predetern'iined limitswithout affecting the position of the shield.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame having side members andfront and rear members, a rubbing board extending between the sidemembers, a pump depending from the front member and having a spoutwhereby water is directed toward the rubbing board, a pump plunger, aroc'l'ziilg frame connected with the pump plunger to actuate the sameand having a roller to engage the rubbing board, a shield hinged to thefront member of the frame, and a flexible connection between the shieldand the rocking frame, said flexible connection having sufficient slackto enable the rocking frame to be operated within predetermined limitswithout affecting the position of the shield, said shield having asifting reservoir supported on the underside thereof.

3." In a device of the class described, a main frame having side, frontand rear members, a rubbing board supported between the side members, arocking frame supporting a corrugated roller that cooperates with therubbing board, a pump including a means connecting the pump plunger andthe In testimony whereof I aflix my signature shield with the rockingroller carrying frame in presence of two witnesses. to be actuatedthereby, in combination with a sifting box supported on the underside ofSIMON HARDING the shield and having an apertured wall ar- Witnesses:

ranged to face downwardly when the shield WILLIAM B. RANDALL,

is elevated. J OHN H. CRAWFORD.

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